PE452

American War of Independence Redan at Bath House  

16/09/1992  

Designated  

Pembrokeshire  

Neyland  

196486  

204747  

Defence  

Battery  

Post Medieval/Modern  

This monument is proposed for de-scheduling. Investigation in 2023 concluded that there was insufficient physical and documentary evidence for the character and function of a military site to be established at this location. The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument. The monument comprises the remains of a Redan, a fortification designed to include in a V-shaped salient angle towards an expected attack. It was built at the outbreak of the American Civil War of Independence to protect an emergency shipyard building frigates for the Royal Navy, when the perceived enemy was American privateers operating from France. It consists of an irregular five sided, stone-revetted structure projecting out across the shingle beach to just below the high tide mark. the coursed yellow sandstone walls stand up to 2.2m high and are battered and have rounded corners. There is a semi-circular coping made of mortar/concrete with a beach pebble aggregate. The interior is a lawn level with the original coping which may conceal the original emplacements for up to 10 guns. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of post-medieval defensive organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.